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Oxford Handbook of Oncology Fourth edition Edited by Jim Cassidy Global Head of Translational Medicine (Oncology), Hoffmann La-Roche, USA Donald Bissett Consultant in Clinical Oncology, ... Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen Roy A. J. Spence OBE Consultant Surgeon, Belfast Trust, Honorary Professor, Queens University, Belfast, Honorary Professor, University of Ulster Miranda Payne Specialist Registrar in Medical Oncology, Oxford Radcliffe NHS Trust, Oxford Gareth Morris-Stiff Staff Surgeon, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, USA; Associate Professor, Lerner College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA Part 1 Background 1 Aetiology and epidemiology 3 2 The genetics of cancer 17 3 Surgical oncology 31 Part 2 Principles of treatment 4 Principles of radiation oncology 49 5 Principles of chemotherapy 83 6 Principles of symptom control in palliative care 111 7 Late effects of chemotherapy and radiotherapy 157 8 Hormone therapy 169 9 Targeted and biological therapies 179 Part 3 Clinical trials, cancer prevention, and screening 10 Clinical trials 199 11 Cancer prevention 203 12 Population screening for cancer 217 Part 4 Specific types of cancer 13 Thoracic malignancies 225 14 Breast cancer 261 15 Colorectal cancer 16 Anal cancer 311 17 Upper gastrointestinal cancer 317 18 Endocrine cancers 381 19 Genitourinary cancers 403 20 Gynaecological cancers 445 21 Head and neck cancers 467 22 Tumours of the central nervous system 495 23 Skin cancers 523 24 Haematological malignancies 549 25 Bone and soft tissue malignancies 603 26 Malignancy of unknown primary 629 27 Paraneoplastic syndromes 645 28 AIDS-related malignancies 655 29 Childhood cancers presenting in adults 671 Part 5 Emergencies in oncology 30 Spinal cord compression and bone marrow suppression 681 31 Overview of acute oncology 691 32 Superior vena cava obstruction and raised intracranial pressure 695 33 Airway obstruction 703 34 Thromboembolic and cardiac emergencies 711 35 Obstruction 719 36 Biochemical crises 731 37 Complications of long-term central venous lines and chemotherapy extravasation Part 6 The way forward 38 Novel therapeutic strategies 749 39 Gene therapy and genetic immunotherapy for cancer 759 40 Biomarkers and cancer 773 Part 7 Appendices Appendix 1 NCIC common toxicity criteria (CTC) grading system (March 1998, revised) 785 Appendix 2 Nomogram for the determination of body surface area 853 Appendix 3 Performance status 855 Appendix 4 Support agencies’ addresses and websites [Show More]
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